ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
REVISED
telephone solicitations;
technical correction
(NOW: athletic trainers; use
of titles)
Changes the designation used by athletic trainers to denote licensure and adds new designations that persons or entities are restricted from using unless the athletic training services they provide are provided by or under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer.
Background
Laws 2000, Chapter 111 established the Board of Athletic Training, within the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, to license and regulate individuals who provide athletic training services. The Board issues and annually renews approximately 400 licenses for the athletic training profession. By law, the Board requires that each applicant meet minimum standard of education, experience and competency. The Board also receives and investigates complaints, takes appropriate disciplinary action and responds to inquiries from the consumers as to the license status of individual athletic training professionals.
The Board requires an athletic trainer to use the letters “A.T.C” in connection with his or her name or place of business to denote licensure. Additionally, a person or business entity is restricted from using “Athletic Training”, “Athletic Trainer”, “A.T.C.”, “C.A.T.”, “A.T.”, “L.A.T.” or “A.T.” or any other words, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that athletic training is provided or supplied unless the services are provided by or under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer.
The Board recently discovered that the letters “A.T.C.” and “C.A.T.”, which are designations for Certified Athletic Trainer, are registered trademarks of the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC), an accredited certification program for athletic trainers in the United States. In order to avoid any potential conflicts with the NATABOC over designations, the Board is seeking to change the designation used by athletic trainers to denote licensure to AT/L or L/AT. Additionally, the Board would like to add “ATC/L” and “L/ATC” to the designations that a person or entity is restricted from using unless the athletic training services he or she provides are provided by or under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer.
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state general fund.
1. Replaces the “A.T.C.” designation athletic trainers are required to use to denote licensure with “AT/L” or “L/AT”.
2. Replaces the “A.T.C.” and “C.A.T.” designations that a person or entity is restricted from using to imply athletic training is provided unless it is provided by or under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer with “AT/L” and “L/AT” and expands the category of such designations to include “ATC/L” and “L/ATC”.
3. Provides for a general effective date.
Amendments
Adopted by Committee
· Adopted the strike-everything amendment.
Senate Action
COM 2/6/02 DPA/SE 6-0-0
3rd Read 3/13/02 26-3-1-0
Prepared by Senate Staff
March 19, 2002